He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
Ah, how many Marahs have been sweetened by a simple, satisfying glimpse of the Tree and the Love which underwent its worst confict there. Yes, the Cross is the tree that sweetens the waters. 'Love nev...
Wherever you are - be all there.
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
I only hope that He will let me preach to those who have never heard that name Jesus. What else is worthwhile in this life? I have heard of nothing better. 'Lord, send me!'
We wouldn't think of rising in the morning without a face-wash, but we often neglect that purgative cleansing of the Word of the Lord. It wakes us up to our responsibility.
We best learn patience by practicing it.
It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.
Coming home, we stopped for a bite to eat and ran into a confused waitress. Had a heart-rending time trying to speak the Words of Life to her, and as I think of all this country now, many just as conf...
The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge?
Dreams are tawdry when compared with the leading of God, and not worthy of the aura of wonder we usually surround them with. God only doeth wonders. He does nothing else. His hand can work nothing les...
Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.
I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.
Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.
What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mout...
I pray for you, that all your misgivings will be melted to thanksgivings. Remember that the shadow a thing casts often far exceeds the size of the thing itself (especially if the light be low on the h...
Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.